Bag-holder.



No. 686,995. Patented Nov. l9, |90i..

K. D. THOMPSON.

B A G H D L D E R.

(Application filed Nov. 3, 1898.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES} UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICEt KING D. THOMPSON, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,995, dated November 19, 1901. Application filed November 3, 1399. Serial No. 786,729. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KING D. THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Fort Worth, Texas, have invented a new and Improved Paper-Bag Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved cabinet for holding paper bags and the like articles; and the object is to construct a useful inexpensive cabinet which will be light and compact and practical and in which bags may be placed and taken out when needed without mutilating the bags. The cabinets may be made ornamental and used for holding various other articles in convenient positions for use. Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the cabinet. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing one side of the cabinet and the back with the door open. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the shelves with the spring attached. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the cabinet, showing one shelf broken slightly to illustrate the depth of the grooves in which the shelves rest. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a shelf, illustrating a variation in the spring.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

The cabinet has any convenient number of compartments, as those indicated by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, formed by means of side pieces a and b, which havehorizontal grooves for shelves and a back 0, which is a door, the shelves d resting in the grooves in the sides a and b, the top compartment be ing formed by the top shelf, the top of the cabinet, and the sides and the back, as before explained, and the bottom compartment being formed by the bottom shelf and the bottom, sides, and back of the cabinet, and the stops 9 g for each shelf. Each shelf has a cut-out hfor convenience in grasping the paperbags or other articles. Fig. 4 has a broken place in the bottom to show the relative depth of the grooves for the shelf, and one shelf,

With its stops, is left out of the view in Fig. 1 to show the grooves in the side pieces for the shelf. The stops 9 project beyond the edges of the bottom and abut against the side pieces a. Molding 7a is attached to the corners of the cabinet for strengthening the cabinet and for ornamentation. A door 0 is attached to the cabinet by means of hinges m, and a latch 13 is provided for holding the door closed. A spring R is attached to the bottom of each shelf for pressing on the bags and holding the same against the shelves when one bag is to be withdrawn. The stops 9 and the springs R hold the bags in place and prevent the bags to be left on the shelves from coming out when one or more bags are withdrawn. The bags are inserted from the back of the cabinet. The door 0 is opened, the springs are pressed up, and the bags are placed under the springs. A door could be hinged to the front of the cabinet.

Bags are to be taken from the front of the cabinet; but they may be taken from the back of the cabinet. If it is necessary to remove bags from the back of the cabinet, as may be the case where there is much business being done and where it is necessary to save time in passing to the front of the cabinet, the spring may have a droop in both ends, as indicated by spring R in Fig. 5. The springs are attached to the bottoms of the shelves by means of staples j.

It will be noticed that the cabinet is py ramidal in form, in that the walls taper upward.

The cabinet is provided with a base B and a top H.

On account of the shape of the cabinet the shelves are of various sizes, the largest shelf being at the bottom and the smallest shelf being at the top.

The sides of the cabinet may be used for advertising purposes, or they may be ornamented in various ways.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A cabinet having a broad base and side walls converging toward the top, doors hinged to the cabinet to close the rear thereof, a series of parallel box-shelves varying in width from the bottom to the top and provided with i from the rear of the cabinet and be drawn stops at the front edges thereof projecting upforward without injury to the paper. ward from each shelf, a leaf-spring attached In testimony whereof I set my hand, in the at one end to the under side of each shelf and presence of two witnesses, this 25th day of 5 having its free end turned and extending May, 1899.

downward and toward the front stop of the shelf beneath to provide a smooth holding- KING THOMPSON surface for paper bagsor the like which will Witnesses: yield as the bags are introduced upon the D. '1. RAINWATER, 1o shelves under the forward1y=projectingspring L. S. NORVELL. 

